The Town of Braintree, Massachusetts is a suburban city in Norfolk County, home to over 35,700 residents. Braintree is officially known as a town; however, in 2008, Braintree adopted a municipal charter, along with a mayor-council form of government, which makes it a city under Massachusetts law.

Braintree was incorporated in 1640 and named after the English town of the same name. Braintree was comprised of land that was later split into its neighboring towns, Randolph, Holbrook and Quincy. Braintree was the birthplace and hometown of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, statesman John Hancock and General Sylvanus Thayer, who is known as the “Father of West Point.”

Braintree, Massachusetts is the site of the infamous 1920 murders that led to the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti. Nowadays, Braintree is an extremely family friendly community that has a crime rate that is less than half of the state average.

The Town of Braintree has also been used as a site to shoot sequences for some major motion pictures, including: Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1968); Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2008); and most notably Martin Scorcese’s Academy Award winning film The Departed (2006).